In Matthew's Gospel, Joseph, Mary and Jesus were returning to their family home in Bethlehem after the death of Herod, when God appeared to Joseph in a dream and told them to turn aside and go to Galilee, where they settled in Nazareth.
God warned Joseph in a dream to take Mary and Jesus to Egypt to avoid the wrath of Herod.
Joseph was told in a dream that he should take the mother and child into Egypt where they remained until after the death of King Herrod.
Joseph was warned in a dream to take the young child and his mother and flee to Egypt untill he hears from God again. (Matthew 2.13) So "the holy family" that fled to Egypt, were Joseph and Mary and Jesus.
The 4 things that the angel told Joseph to do in the dream was do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife , for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son , and you are to name him Jesus for he will save his people from their sins
AnswerIn Luke's Gospel, shortly after the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary went to the Temple for Mary's purification, then travelled straight back to Nazareth in Galilee.
The Angel said that the Child is from God and Joseph was not to divorce Mary for supposed infidelity. In another dream, the Angel told Joseph to take Mary and Jesus to Egypt to avoid King Herod's order to kill all boys under age 2.
If it is Mary s husband Joseph , then it was a vision.
Thought I'd take a stab at this... Joseph took Mary to Bethlehem on a donkey, Mary was going to give birth to Jesus. After Jesus was born they moved to egypt to escape Herod, a Roman King
An angel of the Lord told Joseph to take Mary as his wife. According to the biblical account in the Gospel of Matthew, the angel appeared to Joseph in a dream and reassured him that Mary's pregnancy was from the Holy Spirit and that he should not be afraid to take her as his wife.
In Matthew's Gospel, Joseph fled to Egypt with Jesus and Mary, and remained there until Herod died. However, in Luke's Gospel, Joseph, Jesus and Mary did not go the Egypt. So which (if any) is correct?Many New Testament scholars say that neither nativity story is correct. John Shelby Spong says in Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus, Matthew was clearly writing Christian midrash.
Mary and Joseph journeyed to Bethlehem from Nazareth (in the north - in the region of Galilee) when Mary was pregnant. Jesus was then born in Bethlehem. The family settled there for two years or more and then returned to nazareth where Jesus grew up. The only other record we have of his childhood was when Mary and Joseph took him on a visit to Jerusalem (NOT Bethlehem) when he was 12 years old.
EgyptMat 2:13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him."